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In a speech before the American Enterprise Institute during the stock market boom in 1996, Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan cautioned that much of the rise might be due to what he then sensed was a growing bubble in stocks related to the high tech industry. A few years later that bubble burst, and the nation’s economy went into recession.
Here we are 12 years later, 1/3rd of the way through the 2008 college football regular season, and one gets a growing sense that Texas Longhorn fans may be in need of a similar caution warning. Certainly, any fan with some sense of what he or she is looking at who has watched the team progress trough its first four games has to be pleased with this year’s version of the Longhorns. The offense has proven to be very efficient under the masterful direction of Colt McCoy, even though it lacks the clear difference-making talent at the skill positions that some of Mack Brown’s prior Texas teams have possessed. The defense has shown steady improvement every week, with a defensive line that has become dominant, a very athletic set of linebackers, and a young secondary that becomes noticeably better with each passing contest.
The special teams have become special again for the most part. In John Gold we appear to have found a punter who can give us an edge field position against most teams, something this program has lacked for many years. Justin Tucker’s kickoffs have been high and long for the most part, and Quan Cosby has been a reliable, if not spectacular, kickoff and punt return man. Kickoff coverage has been a little hit or miss, but punt coverage has been outstanding. Plus, our one-year self-imposed moratorium on even attempting to block punts and placekicks was officially rescinded this summer. All in all, a dramatic upgrade from the rank mediocrity we saw in this critical phase of the game in 2007.
So we’re all excited, and well we should be. Last year we became resigned to watching a team that was ill-prepared and poorly coached week after week. The first four games in 2007 saw the team struggle mightily to get past the likes of UCF and TCU, and repeatedly take 2 or 3 quarters to begin displaying even a semblance of competence on the offensive side of the ball.
Many of us speculated in the off-season whether or not Mack’s new attention to team discipline and game preparation that he and his staff showed in the lead-up to the great performance in last year’s Holiday Bowl would carry over into this season. The answer thus far is a clear and unqualified “yes”. The brilliant hirings of Will Muschamp on the defensive side of the ball and Major Applewhite on the offensive side have proven to be real difference-makers.
All of that is the good news, but there remain some real caution signs that should temper our expectations for the remainder of the season:
- The team still lacks a clear, consistent lead running back. Cody Johnson has shown flashes, but the staff remains concerned about his conditioning and has severely limited his playing time. Fozzy Whittaker looked very good in his one outing against UTEP and is apparently going to be able to play this week in Boulder. Otherwise, the running game, other than Colt McCoy’s improvisations, has been very moribund. Hopefully, that changes this week.
- The loss of Blaine Irby robbed the team of an outstanding passing game weapon which is not going to be replaced.
- None of the young WRs have stepped up to become a reliable 3rd receiver. The loss of Irby creates even more of an urgency for this to happen, given that the team will need to resort to more 3 and 4 receiver sets in obvious passing situations.
- The defensive secondary is improving, but still very young, and about to be thrown into a guantlet of outstanding passing teams. Whether they will be able to stand up to the likes of Sam Bradford, Chase Daniel, Graham Harrell and Zac Robinson remains to be seen.
All of which brings us to our remaining schedule and the state of the Big 12 Conference at the 1/3rd point in 2008. Put simply, our schedule is extremely tough, and the conference as a whole is very, very good.
Five of our final eight games will be played against teams currently ranked in the national top 25. Three of those games will come against teams currently ranked in the top 10. On successive weeks we will play the current #1 and #3 teams in the country, Oklahoma and Missouri.
The Big 12 South currently boasts the first, fifth, seventh and twenty-first ranked teams. Oklahoma is no surprise to anyone, and is fully deserving of its top ranking at this point in the season. They have steamrolled their first five opponents, averaging 50 points per game and giving up not very damn much in return. When TCU’s top-ranked defense in the nation showed up in Norman with a plan to sell out to stop the Sooners’ outstanding ground attack, Bob Stoops simply had Sam Bradford demolish the Frogs with his arm, putting up 21 quick points and effectively ending the game before the first quarter had come to a close. The Sooners are good.
The much-advertised improvements in Texas Tech’s defense may or may not have come about – the Raiders’ schedule thus far has yet to present an opponent from which one might get a good read. But there’s no question about Tech’s ability to put up points in clusters, and Harrell-to-Crabtree is as dangerous a combination as exists anywhere in the country. Plus, Coach Mike Leach has even apparently figured out how to mount a respectable running attack and run some clock this year, which will definitely help his defense if he can carry that over into conference play.
Oklahoma State has put up more points than even OU or Tech, which they’ve needed to do since their defense has given up points in great chunks as well. One gets the sense that this is not a game in which our team can perform its traditional first half OSU sleepwalk and get away with it.
Baylor is much improved under new coach Art Briles, and seems to have found a real budding star in quarterback Robert Griffin. Connecticut, a legit top 40 or so team this year, had to play its best football to sneak past the Bears.
A&M is horrible and doesn’t deserve much mention here but for the fact that really bad Aggie teams have managed to beat the Longhorns the last two seasons.
In the Big 12 North, you have Missouri and Kansas and not a whole lot else. Unfortunately, Missouri and Kansas are both on the Longhorns’s schedule this year, and the only part of “not a whole lot else” we get is Colorado in Boulder this week.
Missouri is really good offensively, but very suspect on defense. Chase Daniel is a legitimate Heisman candidate, and WR Jeremy Maclin is a true badass of the first order.
Kansas appears to have fallen back a little bit from last year’s great run, although the narrow loss to highly-ranked USF is nothing to be ashamed of. They’ve dominated their other three opponents, and there is little question that the Longhorns’ trip to Lawrence will be a very tough road game.
Nebraska and Kansas State both appear to be the definition of mediocrity, and Iowa State is still terrible and showing little improvement in Gene Chizik’s second year there.
So, what does this all mean for the Longhorns and our expectations for the rest of the season? Just this: Temper your expectations. Be prepared for some disappointments.
Texas is good, maybe really good. I think we can make that assessment from what we’ve seen from the team thus far, even though the schedule has not been what we thought it might be before the season began. But we still have significant weak spots and lots of youth on the defensive side of the ball.
This schedule is the toughest a Texas team has played in a while, maybe the toughest conference schedule Mack Brown has ever faced, although we might argue about a comparison to 1999. It’s going to be awfully difficult for this Texas team to get through the next eight games unscathed, or even with only one loss.
I caught myself writing the other day that other than OU, the only game I’m really worried about at this point is the trip to Lubbock. As clear an example of irrational exuberance as I can think of. We need to remember that even the great team of 2005, a team that has to be considered in any analysis of the greatest college football teams of all time, struggled mightily to beat Kansas in Lawrence (OK, that was the 2004 team – I get it, and fuck all y’all), fell 19 points behind Oklahoma State, and had a hell of a time beating A&M. A&M may be a doormat this year, but Kansas and Oklahoma State are both much-improved teams over their 2005 versions.
I came into this season with an expectation of a record of 8-4 or 9-3 and a trip to the Alamo Bowl. Fortunately, the team is performing at a much higher level than I had anticipated, but even given that, a sober look at what lies ahead and the weaknesses that still exist on the team lead to a realistic projection of a likely final record of 10-2 and a trip to the Holiday or Cotton Bowls.
Optimistically, a win over OU – which is certainly a possibility – could even land the team in the Big 12 Championship game with a shot at a BCS bowl. If Mack and his staff achieve that with this team, they all deserve a hell of a raise, because it will have been an extraordinary job of coaching.
Hook ‘em!!!
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Wholesome goodness. Thanks for posting.
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If you watched the game, and if you have one drop of testosterone in your bloodstream, you couldn’t have missed her. The redhead with huge tracts of land – right behind the KU bench – who stood for every time out and stared at the KU players.
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Art Vandelay commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 12 minutes ago
Bob, essentially what you are saying is that we are not a well coached basketball team. I agree.
Jordan Hamilton is a selfish and lazy player. He is a terrible fit to play for Barnes. Not sure if either one will be around next season at this rate.
We went scoreless for 10:54 during
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Trips Right commented on the blog post 2011 Texas Football Recruiting 23 minutes ago
Well done. The Barney Frank line blindsided me like a strain of juarez clap. Funny stuff.
I’d like for us to go out of state for a QB and at least 1 maybe two CB’s. Is Quandre tall enough to play corner or angry enough to play safety?
Rumor around the campfire is
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skymonkeyhorn commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 35 minutes ago
I feel our pain…
Was Barnes wearing a helmet last night. I did not notice as I was in awe of the blood being spilled
on the floor for almost 11 minutes without a point.
Coach Knight was reading this blogs out loud for TV.
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James commented on the blog post 2011 Texas Football Recruiting 38 minutes ago
Barney Frank and Mormon quips in the same post. My Tuesday is complete.
Texas HS football is going through a phase (era?) where the best athlete talent is being put on offense. DBs aren’t being developed in vast quantities. Why wouldn’t you go after a couple OOS DBs?
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 40 minutes ago
ponderos, shouldn’t you be supersizing something somewhere?
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 42 minutes ago
Gillispie’s a mid-major clown because of his off the court indiscretions. Seriously, The University of Texas is much too high profile to risk its brand and image with this moron. And anyone that mentions Augie Garrido should be permabanned the intertubes. The situations aren’t remotely similar.
If you want to go down the
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Trips Right commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 48 minutes ago
Leonidas, none of those points came against Dex. Boxscores aren’t reality, they’re like porn movies. If porn was real everyone would be a plummer.
As for Pittman on offense, Aldrich wasn’t playing him straight up, he was getting a double virtually everytime down. That’s not Aldrich’s fault but it’s reality.
Pittman rarely
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Good line. What is the thinking on his ability vs. the injury?
It’s funny you should ask. I’m working on putting something together right now that will be discussing this very topic. I know you’re waiting with bated breath for it too. Admit it.
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Bob in Houston commented on the blog post Texas Hoops vs. Kansas: Post-Mortem 1 hour, 16 minutes ago
Should be “complementary” scorers. Oh well.
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OK, I was there. Not the best seat in the house, but not a bad one either.
Trips hit part of what struck me over and over. KU had offensive options/outlets when Texas forced them into trouble (which happened quite a bit, as the stats showed that Texas did bring defense last night), and the
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CTJ,
Rivals doesn’t think there are any elite players in Texas this year. Do you think we’ll have to go out of state to compensate?
Thanks!
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Hamilton is so stupid on the court it makes my teeth hurt.
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CTJ gives us his thoughts too. Had I realized, I might have saved myself the typing.
Unlike last year where DFW held an
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Enjoyed watching these guys tonight. I was blown away to see Huggy was 5X coach of the year. He seems like a tourney flame out more often than not. That Kenyon Marting leg break didn’t do him any favors.
How do you see them progresing in the tourney?
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Enjoyed watching these guys tonight. I was blown away to see Huggy was 5X coach of the year. He seems like a tourney flame out more often than not. That Kenyon Martin leg break didn’t do him any favors.
How do you see them progresing in the tourney?
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Avery Bradley, who shot 77% from the foul line in high school and is now shooting 47% at Texas would probably be shooting closer to his high school average if he played at Duke.
Sweet Jesus that’s ridonkulous.
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Avery Bradley, who shot 77% from the foul line in high school and is now shooting 47% at Texas would probably be shooting closer to his high school average if he played at Duke.
Sweet Jesus that’s ridonkulous.
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Interesting but call me skeptical now. We’ve got experience at QB but not positive experience.
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Interesting but call me skeptical now. We’ve got experience at QB but not positive experience.
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I really don’t want to repeat the horrid situation of the past few years where we starved for depth and talent at DT. It’s critical not to let defensive line recruiting slip. That said, if we bring in two tackles and two ends this year that would be 21 scholarships used on the
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It appears as though the dude is committed to raiding the SEC and ignoring the West Coast.
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Bob said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:19 am
We beat Kansas 66-14 in Austin the year we won the MNC.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:24 am
Oops. Getting my KU games confused. Thanks.
BrickHorn said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:25 am
We need to remember that even the great team of 2005, a team that has to be considered in any analysis of the greatest college football teams of all time, struggled mightily to beat Kansas in Lawrence
Was that the same Texas team that lost to Oregon in the Holiday Bowl, Eyes?
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 am
Brick – Unless I’ve gone insane, the 2005 Texas team won the national championship.
Newbie said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:50 am
“We need to remember that even the great team of 2005, a team that has to be considered in any analysis of the greatest college football teams of all time, struggled mightily to beat Kansas in Lawrence”
Hrm, aren’t you thinking of the 2004 Texas team?
Sixth Street said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:51 am
Texas was up 52-0 at the half against Kansas in ‘05. One of the most dominating performances I’ve ever witnessed at DKR.
DC_Horn said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:53 am
In early 2005, we beat meatchicken in the Rose Bowl. In early 2006, we won the MNC against the condoms.
In 2000, we lost to Oregon in the Holiday Bowl.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 5:57 am
Jesus Christ.
I know I fucked up on the Kansas Game. Does anyone have any comments on the other 1400 words of the post?
coach Callahan said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:00 am
so the Kansas outcome was different than you remember?
BrickHorn said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:05 am
Jesus Christ.
I know I fucked up on the Kansas Game. Does anyone have any comments on the other 1400 words of the post?
We’re Texas fans. We are incapable of enjoying less than perfection.
HenryJames said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:06 am
I like the riff from ‘Carry On Wayward Son.’
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:07 am
That’s “Carry on MY Wayward Son.” :)
HenryJames said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:13 am
Nuh uh.
VoiceOfInsanity said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
I see this team going 11-1. I think we beat OU and lose to Mizzou in regular season. Beat Mizzou in Big 12 championship. And go onto beat a 6-6 Notre D team in a BCS bowl.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
HJ: Oh, c’mon. Really? fuck.
Parlin Hall said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:14 am
*Nebraska and Kansas State both appear to be the definition of mediocrity*
Just reminding you: Nebraska is the proud birthplace of Senator Roman Hruska, who is infamous for defending a fourth-rate nominee to the Supreme Court by saying:
“Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they, and a little chance? We can’t have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos.”
In terms of political rhetoric, this is as good as it gets outside the Texas Legislature.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:16 am
“In terms of political rhetoric, this is as good as it gets outside the Texas Legislature.”
You, sir, have obviously never seen the Oklahoma legislature in action.
Gov. Palin said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:23 am
Just reminding you: Nebraska is the proud birthplace of Senator Roman Hruska, who is infamous for defending a fourth-rate nominee to the Supreme Court by saying:
“Even if he were mediocre, there are a lot of mediocre judges and people and lawyers. They are entitled to a little representation, aren’t they, and a little chance? We can’t have all Brandeises, Frankfurters and Cardozos.”
Amen!
steven said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:49 am
The conference maybe better than its usual sorry state cause of consistent QB play and decent coaching, but, even taking all that into account, how good can the conference truly be overall if its defenses are still soft and still suck ass. No matter how good a team maybe offensively, if its defense is as soft as butter, then that team can’t be considered to be a stout team or a legitimate contender. Refer to Tech as an yearly example of this truth.
The B12 probably is the most overrated conference this year. The records, stats, rankings, and the general media hype may all not reflect this, but, in my book, any league, with the pathetic level of athleticism on defense that this conference has, can never actually be the top conference or, really, anywhere close to being so.
Scipio Tex said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 am
Good post. I find myself indulging some fairly wild scenarios in which the team pulls off an improbable streak to win the league, but it just doesn’t add up. Too young, too incomplete, too soon.
Still, I’m seeing good football and that’s all I care about. I’m of the opinion that we can play good football and lose, just as we can play bad football and win. The quality of the play means more to me than the result.
HenryJames said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:00 am
Yeah, it will be refreshing to know we lost because the other team was just better rather than because our coaches went full retard.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:02 am
That will be quite a change.
Black Scholes said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:06 am
“a sober look at what lies ahead …”
Those are the choices you made. AA is for quitters.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:08 am
I meant “sober” in a more esoteric sense. The Dripping Springs is still chilling in the freezer.
Jake said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:12 am
“The B12 probably is the most overrated conference this year. The records, stats, rankings, and the general media hype may all not reflect this, but, in my book, any league, with the pathetic level of athleticism on defense that this conference has, can never actually be the top conference or, really, anywhere close to being so.”
The Big 12 MAY be overrated, but you have to realize in a conference where all the OOC play is frontloaded, AND most of the OOC is against soft opponents, it’s going to be impossible to get a good read on the Big 12.
SEC may be better, but it’s also easier to judge them considering they intermix their conference and OOC play. It’s just really hard to be able to make any kind of comparison between conferences given that any good inter-conference play between the big names is few and far between.
echeese Jr. said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:26 am
Now about that Kansas game……
Art Vandelay said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:27 am
Jake,
Please don’t encourage steven. We are all terrified of seeing the next installment of his multi-part interview with Katie Couric.
Texbot5463 said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:40 am
“If Mack and his staff achieve that with this team, they all deserve a hell of a raise…”.
They already got a hell of a raise. And they get another hell of a raise anyway.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:11 am
Yeah, but this time they will deserve it.
BatesHorn said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 am
Honestly, I also am suffering from irrational exuberance, but I do think that the defensive weaknesses from several of our competitors are legit. This Texas squad seems well built to win shoot outs, but not physical grind it out games, which is why I see a loss to OU and possible victories after that.
My biggest fear is less of a Greg Davis meltdown, and more that Colt scrambles, picks up big yardage, and doesn’t get back up after the tackle. It’s the same fear I had in 2005 and it never came to pass.
I think by the end of the season, regardless of the offense, we have one of the better, if not best defense in the league. You can just feel the saltiness pouring into this unit.
They may not be great yet, but they no longer look clueless and scared. They look tough, willing to take their lumps, and always learning.
Huckleberry said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:49 am
Optimistically, a win over OU – which is certainly a possibility – could even land the team in the Big 12 Championship game with a shot at a BCS bowl. If Mack and his staff achieve that with this team, they all deserve a hell of a raise, because it will have been an extraordinary job of coaching.
How about we just call it even with the annual raises from 1999-2003?
BatesHorn said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 am
Honestly, the defense reminds me of Carl Reese’s 1998 unit. It just get’s better with each passing week.
Vasherized said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:14 am
Nice post Eyes.
I wish we had 3-4 more weeks for our secondary to continue gelling before we have to face Bradford & Daniel. Expectations remain tempered until 10/11 as we will have yet to play a real threat until then.
steven said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:15 am
Please don’t encourage steven. We are all terrified of seeing the next installment of his multi-part interview with Katie Couric.
Probably evidence that the internet is packed full of cock’er-roaches, if you know what I mean. Don’t know how many will, but I figure some on here will. It seems every site has its inevitable supply of cock’er-roaches. Oh well, too bad and so sad.
Vasherized said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 11:49 am
I always thought it would be fun to be bi-polar too, Steven. Sometimes anyway.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:29 pm
I will likely regret asking this, but what in the world is a “cock’er-roach”?
Texasholdem said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Any chance we ambush OU and hang a 63-3 on them?
srr50 said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Any chance we ambush OU and hang a 63-3 on them?
That happens the same day Eyes votes the straight Democratic ticket.
EyesOfTX said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
No politics on this site, srr. :)
srr50 said:
October 2nd, 2008 at 4:56 pm
<em>No politics on this site, srr.</em>
Shoot Eyes, that wasn’t politics — that was pure fantasy. :)
Ransom Stoddard said:
October 3rd, 2008 at 5:19 am
UT could be better than last year and still finish 8-4
Kirk Lazarus said:
October 3rd, 2008 at 6:16 pm
HJ -
Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Les Miles
Someone tell GD not to go full retard
west_coast said:
October 5th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Lots of preseason predictions about a 3-loss Texas team. I’ve seen a lot of good football, much better than I expected going into Dallas. Overall, I don’t think Texas loses more than one or two. The defense has played much better than I expected – MU will be a challenge. What has been overlooked is that OU’s D is better than Missouri’s.